NCT01649115

The Healthy Lifestyles Passport Program: a Nutrition Education Program to Prevent Childhood Obesity

The Healthy Lifestyles Passport Program: a Randomized Control Trial of a Prenatal Maternal Education Program to Prevent Infant and Childhood Obesity (HLPP)

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 150 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center Health Care System · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Healthy Lifestyles Passport Program (HLPP) in preventing infant and childhood obesity. It is hypothesized that the participants in the intervention arm will exhibit less excessive weight-for-length gain from 4- to 6-months of age. In 2-years and 5-years, it is predicted that the participants in the intervention arm will yield lower Body Mass Index (BMI) z-scores than the participants in the control arm, who receive usual care.

Conditions

• Childhood Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Healthy Lifestyles Passport	The participants will be provided with the Healthy Lifestyles Passport, and with each corresponding page, there will be an activity. Each participant in the Healthy Lifestyles Passport arm will receive the same education.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-08-01
• Primary completion: 2013-08-01
• Completion: 2017-08-01
• First posted: 2012-07-25
• Last updated: 2012-08-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States